DELANO, MN  At a meeting Feb. 9, a settlement was not reached between the Delano Teachers Association (DTA) and the Delano School District.

The next step appears to be a mediation session, scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, according to Delano School District lead negotiator Peter Brasket.

No additional meetings are scheduled between now and then. There is no deadline by which an agreement must be in place, as there has been in the past.

At a school board meeting Jan. 23, Brasket said the proposal from the district remains $508,797, or $3,630 per educator, which is a 4.99 percent increase over a two-year period. He said the DTA proposal is $668,036, or $4,771 per educator, which is a 6.63 percent increase over the two-year period.